EYE ON CLALLAM: County, health facility mull agreement on respite center
Published 12:01 am Monday, December 15, 2014
The three Clallam County commissioners will consider an agreement with Peninsula Behavioral Health for respite center services Tuesday.
The meeting will begin at 10 a.m. in the commissioners’ boardroom (160) at the Clallam County Courthouse, 223 E. Fourth St., Port Angeles.
Clallam County provided $200,000 to Peninsula Behavioral Health for the renovation of a building that was converted into a six-bed mental health crisis stabilization unit.
The Clallam County Respite Center opened Dec. 3.
Other agenda items for the Tuesday board meeting include:
■ A bid opening for the Elwha Interpretive Gateway Center kiosk project.
■ A contract amendment with the state Department of Social and Health Services, Juvenile Justice and Rehabilitation Administration adding funding.
■ A contract amendment with Kitsap Public Health District extending terms and increasing funding.
■ A change order with Aldergrove Construction Inc. for improvements to the Clallam County Veterans Center.
■ Resolutions appointing members to the county Animal Issues Advisory Committee, Board of Health, Carlsborg Community Advisory Council, Chemical Dependency/Mental Health Program Fund Advisory Board, Clallam Bay-Sekiu Sewer Community Advisory Board, Developmental Disabilities Advisory Committee, Fair Advisory Board, North Olympic Library System Board of Trustees, North Pacific Coast Marine Resources Committee, Planning Commission and Solid Waste Advisory Committee.
■ A public hearing on disposal of surplus property.
■ A public hearing on policy amendments to employee benefits.
Commissioners will meet at 9 a.m. Monday for their weekly work session to discuss several action items, proposed amendments to the open space code and proposed allotments of Chemical Dependency/Mental Health Program funds.
The agenda and accompanying packet are available at www.clallam.net under the “Board of Commissioners” link.
Port Angeles city
Port Angeles City Council members will consider approving $517,100 in lodging tax requests when they meet in regular session Tuesday.
The meeting is at 6 p.m. in council chambers at City Hall, 321 E. Fifth St.
Council members will meet in executive session at 5 p.m. to discuss potential litigation.
They are expected to take action on the 2015 lodging tax requests during their regular meeting.
A public hearing also will be held on an electric rate ordinance amendment for unmetered security cameras and wireless access points.
Council members also will consider ratifying a sales tax dispute settlement involving the combined sewer overflow phase one project.
The agenda and accompanying packet describing the agenda items in detail are available at http://tinyurl.com/PDN-council by clicking on “Pre-Meeting” under “Agenda Packet.”
Clallam PUD
Clallam County Public Utility District commissioners will consider adopting 2015 budgets for the electric, water and wastewater operating funds Monday.
A continued public hearing on the budgets will begin at 1:30 p.m. in the boardroom of the Port Angeles main office, 2431 E. U.S. Highway 101.
District commissioners will also consider a resolution establishing the general manager’s compensation, a 2015 strategic plan, authorization to purchase a vehicle and will elect board officers.
The PUD meetings Dec. 22 and 29 have been canceled.
The next meeting will be Jan. 5.
Sequim schools
The Sequim School Board will hear reports on improvement plans for Greywolf Elementary School and Olympic Peninsula Academy when it meets Monday.
The board will meet at 6 p.m. at 503 N. Sequim Ave.
Clallam Transit
The Clallam Transit board will conduct a public hearing on a draft 2015 budget Monday.
The meeting will begin at 1 p.m. at the Clallam Transit System building at 830 W. Lauridsen Blvd.
Board action is expected after the budget hearing.
Other agenda items include:
■ Extension of an agreement with the Jamestown S’Klallam tribe for transit service.
■ Agreements with ATU Local 587 for represented fixed route, maintenance and paratransit personnel.
■ Authorization of a non-represented employees’ compensation plan and salary and wages scale.
■ An amendment to the 2013-19 transit development plan.
■ An agreement with Evergreen Collision for body repair, painting and glass services.
■ An interlocal agreement with the city of Sequim.
Olympic Medical Center
Olympic Medical Center commissioners will consider the purchase of cancer center planning software and a CT scan for the hospital Wednesday.
The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. in Linkletter Hall in the lower conference area of the hospital at 939 E. Caroline St., Port Angeles.
Other agenda items include a recruitment agreement with Family Medicine of Port Angeles, a safety report and an administrator’s report on operations.
They also will consider resolutions of support for the Port Angeles School District’s maintenance-and-operations levy and for Sequim schools’ general obligations bond issue, both of which will be on the Feb. 10 special election ballot.
Commissioners will meet in closed session to consider the lease or purchase of real estate.
County Planning Commission
The Clallam County Planning Commission will conduct a work session on the recreational marijuana law Wednesday.
The meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. in the commissioners’ meeting room (160) at the Clallam County Courthouse.
